Samir A Shah1, Kevin M Miller. 1. Jules Stein Eye Institute and the Department of Ophthalmology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90095-7002, USA.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To describe a patient who complained of color vision disturbance after implantation of a clear intraocular lens (IOL) in one eye and a yellow IOL in the other. DESIGN: Interventional case report. METHODS: A 50-year-old woman complained of binocular imbalance and "yellow vision" in her left eye after implantation of a visible blue light-filtering yellow IOL. A clear IOL had been implanted in her right eye 1 month before. She requested explantation of the yellow IOL. RESULTS: The yellow IOL was exchanged for a clear one, which resolved the unbalanced color vision. CONCLUSIONS: Patients may be intolerant of the color disturbance that results when dissimilarly colored IOLs are implanted. It is advisable to avoid this practice.
PURPOSE: To describe a patient who complained of color vision disturbance after implantation of a clear intraocular lens (IOL) in one eye and a yellow IOL in the other. DESIGN: Interventional case report. METHODS: A 50-year-old woman complained of binocular imbalance and "yellow vision" in her left eye after implantation of a visible blue light-filtering yellow IOL. A clear IOL had been implanted in her right eye 1 month before. She requested explantation of the yellow IOL. RESULTS: The yellow IOL was exchanged for a clear one, which resolved the unbalanced color vision. CONCLUSIONS:Patients may be intolerant of the color disturbance that results when dissimilarly colored IOLs are implanted. It is advisable to avoid this practice.
Authors: Vivienne C Greenstein; Flavia Chiosi; Paul Baker; William Seiple; Karen Holopigian; Richard E Braunstein; Janet R Sparrow Journal: J Cataract Refract Surg Date: 2007-04 Impact factor: 3.351